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Personally, these are things I would like to accomplish in my lifetime. Slowly, but surely, this is becoming a family Life List. The Barracuda's personal life list is below the family list (because he is constantly adding more things and it is much easier to edit that way). He began this list at the age of 6 and carefully researches all items before they are added. Many of the items will be accomplished as a family (marked with an *asterisk*). This list is an attempt to document goals and dreams in order to maximize our lifetime. I am a long term planner, Jules is much more short term practicality and The Barracuda falls somewhere in the middle. Many of these are already in the works. For some reason, writing them down gives a finality and desire to really work toward accomplishment.

The River Jordan, Sea of Galili, and the Dead Sea
Bhutan
India and Tibet
Machu Picchu
The Red Sea
Aztec and Mayan Ruins
Mesa Verde (*)

Learn To:

Lasso Things while riding a horse
Rock Climb (* Currently Working At It; 2010-2011)
Read Tibetan
Sing
Surf
Play an Instrument (*Currently Working At It; Guitar/Banjo)
Speak a Foreign Language (*Currently Working At It; Spanish)Shoot a Gun*Accomplished Summer 2011, but still practicing
Track, Stalk and Hunt
Practice a Martial Art In Self-Defense
Read the Weather (*Currently Working At It)
Dance Salsa, Swing accomplished fall/winter 2010, and Belly (*)

Live:

In the Middle of Nowhere* Accomplished Spring 2011; Gifford Pinchot National Forest
In Peru
As a Beach Bum
On a Sailboat
In a Treehouse
On a Self-Sustaining FarmIn a House I Built Myself * Accomplished Summer 2011

"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves."

My Current Mantra

"...It is necessary now and then for a man to go away by himself and experience loneliness, to sit on a rock in the forest and ask of himself, ‘Who am I, and where have I been, and where am I going?’ ”~Carl Sandburg